Welcome to Geoinformatics!

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Department of Geomatic Engineering,UCL

What subject could embrace all these applications?

Finding a landing site on Mars

Surveying underwater pipeline routes

Monitoring volcanoes

In-car satellite navigation

Crime-pattern analysis

Ensuring the fit of wings to aircraft bodies

Fish population surveys

Automatically spotting unauthorised airport access

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In 2004 the US Department of Labor identified geotechnology as one of the three most important emerging and evolving fields along with nanotechnology and biotechnology (source: Nature, Vol 426, p376, 2004).

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Using satellite GPS surveying on-site

Using high-precision laser trackers

Using sensors on aircraft and satellites

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Sophisticated geographic analysis systems

Analysing GPS satellite signals to find accurate positions

Mapping in 3D from stereo images

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Maps and plans

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Geophysical results

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Flood risk

Automatic airport security monitoring

Where are the town centres?

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Could you be interested?

an excellent all-round education in a scientific subject?Are you looking for . . .

• Geography and Environmental Sciences.

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• IT and Computer Science.

• Engineering, Physical Sciences and Mathematics.

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Could you be interested?

more clearly defined, interesting and diverse career opportunities than for a straight Geography degree?Are you looking for . . .

• Map natural resources.

With Geoinformatics you can

• Predict floods and other natural events.

• Use GIS for retail analysis.

• Ensure the fit of structures such as wings to aircraft

• Be involved with climate modelling, cloud physics or the mapping of Mars.

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The Department of Geomatic Engineering at UCL

• One of the eight departments in UCL’s Faculty of Engineering Sciences• Formed over 40 years ago.

• Has always had a strong research interest in emerging technologies,e.g. satellite positioning, geographic information systems and remote sensing.

We also run a range of world-renowned Master’s degrees,each specialising in different braches of geomatics,

producing graduates that are much in demand by industry.

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What Will You Study?

• IT, databases & software; particularly CAD, GIS and image processing.• Measurement science, geometry, statistics and data uncertainty.• Spatial data structures and data modelling.• Maps, map-data, reference systems, projections and geodesy. • Instrumentation, sensors and techniques (satellite positioning systems, photogrammetric measurement and laser scanning.)• Images from satellites (remote sensing), laser tracking, bathymetric sonar and inertial sensors.• Practical fieldwork overseas.• Management (time, change, individuals, projects and data).• Application areas: Built, natural, marine and industrial environments.

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Who needs Geoinformatics graduates?

ENVIRONMENT & GOVERNMENT"The new degree is welcome news, as the subject

and geomatics in general is an area where expertise is scarce to find in a growing area of business."

Stefan Carlyle –Head of Data and Information Management

Environment Agency

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Who needs Geoinformatics graduates?

DIGITAL DATA SUPPLIERS"We are delighted that UCL have been able to

respond to our industry's often expressed view that we continue to need high quality graduates and we are very happy to commend your new degree to students considering their course options."Vanessa V Lawrence –Director General and Chief ExecutiveOrdnance Survey

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Who needs Geoinformatics graduates?

INDUSTRY"I was greatly encouraged by the scope of the

course and its clear objective to furnish the industry with graduates equipped with fundamental geo-informatics skills that are of universal value."

Ralph DimentProduct Marketing Manager

Intergraph Mapping and GIS Solutions

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Who needs Geoinformatics graduates?• Local and central government • The utilities (water, electricity, gas, telephone and cable

services) • The energy industry (exploration, production and retail) • The construction and surveillance industries• The insurance industry and financial services • Retail industries (analysing location and markets) • Manufacturing and monitoring industries• Property marketing and management • Land and sea surveying companies• Geoinformatics system designers, manufacturers and vendors

And many others,

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What’s the Next Step?

If this sounds like an interesting opportunity to you then do one or more of the following:

Ring or email the course tutor to discuss the possibilities further:

Jeremy Morley: 020 7679 2740 jmorley@ge.ucl.ac.uk

Visit the Departmental website for more details about the course and itsrequirements, and the department and its activities:

http://www.ge.ucl.ac.uk

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UCAS course code: F891/892